As part of the printed booklet of song words for the Mount Gambier City Blue Lake Carols a devotion is included on behalf of the local Minister’s Association. I wrote this year’s one. Here it is: The first person who celebrated the birth of Jesus in song was his own mother. Luke’s Gospel retells a …
I liked this version by Luke Brodine of Psalm 72 that was included on Cardiphonia’s Songs For The Incarnation album. The refrain is verses eighteen and nineteen, the spoken verses are verses one to four and five to seven, finishing with verses eighteen and nineteen. I’m quite fond of the melody, an adaption of the …
Because we could all use a laugh.
Since I heard two great versions of The Wexford Carol today, I though I’d share them both with you. While Alison Krauss and YoYo Ma’s version is hard to go past, these renditions by Moya Brennan and Libera Boys Choir are both wonderful. Brennan’s album An Irish Christmas (iTunes extended version) is my seasonal favourite …
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